#because I'm still all for the Tesseract as a person idea and the Tesseract is a they who changes whenever they feel like it

[amarriageoftrueminds]

What do you think about Howard Stark? Describe his character please. This character seems multi-faceted. Sometimes in the series Agent Carter he was shown as “stupid”, but if he really was like that, how would he have achieved all this...

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L o n g Answer:

The basis of the assertion that Howard Stark is smart is this idea of him as a genius inventor, right? Well, I can't speak to the comics, but the MCU's versions of the Starks aren't, actually, inventors. They're thieves. They are your standard billionaire tycoons who hire the actually-inventive people, of lower SEC, take the intellectual and intellectual property credit for whatever they invent, (do 12% of the work?), and then rake in the cash and acclaim. (And if said invention doesn't work, or proves disastrously dangerous in an unanticipated way, well, that's other peoples' fault). Basically, the problem is: Because we know Howard is a liar and a thief [see below], and rich enough to have scientists working under him and to be able to cover up his crimes, any time Howard claims to have invented something we have to take that with a massive pinch of salt. Which means (if we're engaging in good faith critical thinking, here) that we should also approach any claims of genius with a similar level of skepticism.

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CATFA:

So, from the beginning, what do we have in CATFA that "shows" Howard being a genius?

Prototype Hovercar / gravitic reversion technology, that immediately fails. (No proof that that was Howard's invention and not an SEI -- a Stark-Employee's Invention. Either way, Howard would be taking credit for it. If it was Howards invention... then he's inept, because it immediately fails. And Howard is doing what Tony does; putting on a big show to the public to show off how great he is. That's a grifter's move, not a scientist's.)

The vitaray tube (which Stark is in charge of, and flipping the switches on... but he is also surrounded by technicians and other scientists, including Erskine. How do we know it wasn't one of them who invented all this and Stark is just taking credit because they're his employee and that's his go-to move? Him being a wealthy industrialist provides an instant explanation for him being involved, even if he never personally lifted a finger. But the Army's "number one weapons contractor" has no reason to be there as an inventor, because nothing they're working on is a weapon?? In fact, since Erskine has created a version of the serum which requires vitaradiation, isn't it most likely it was he who designed the vitaray tube without which this version of serum would be much less effective? Just because Stark is in the room with the vitaray tube, and in charge of operating it, that doesn't prove he invented it.)

Stark saying "speaking modestly, I'm the best mechanical engineer in this country..." (Which is still a tell not a show, but I think we can take him being a mechanical engineer as true because if it was false the other characters would know... However, it is still not impossible that this is Musk-esque, 'delulu billionaire calling himself XYZ because he can pay people not to contradict him' syndrome. Calling himself the best is typical Stark hubris, and we have seen nothing yet to support it.)

"...but I don't know what's inside this thing or how it works." (Which would seem to undermine any claims to genius. However, if him being flummoxed is because Zola has the tesseract to study whereas Stark doesn't, then this rare moment of admitted ignorance doesn't actually contradict the idea that Stark is a smart guy!!)

Possibly a transponder, which also immediately fails because it's not bullet proof. (When Steve queries it, ignoring Peggy, Howard merely says "it's been tested more than you, pal." Which doesn't prove that it has been / that he's telling the truth, but if he is then that only proves that he know that particular design has been tested, not that he invented it, and/or he is touchy about skepticism because he sees it as his -- whether it is or not. Oof this is confusing. 😵)

Howard diving for cover when Peggy, throwing a tantrum, fires a gun at Steve while he's holding a vibranium shield (Despite what Tony tries to claim, that shield is not Howard's discovery, that's Wakanda's. How did Howard get hold of that vibranium, legally? why doesn't he want Steve picking up that shield? is it basic greed? why is he ducking for cover? is it because he doesn't know the vibranium will protect them, or because he doesn't trust Peggy's aim, or both? if the former, why does the man taking credit for the vibranium shield, who was just talking about its properties, not act as if he knows its properties??)

a cut to Steve having a new suit design after talking to Howard about it (but Steve himself says those were his ideas -- perhaps they were even Bucky's ideas, since he was the one urging Steve to keep "the outfit." And Howard is surrounded by other scientists. We have no way to say which one of them came up with Steve's technical suit, including Howard.)

A magnetic anti-tank bomb used by Jacques Dernier (again, we don't know who came up with that; could've been Dernier himself. Nothing in the movie actually shows or tells us it's SSR tech. So we could assume it's SSR tech, but we don't know. And even if it was, that doesn't make it Therefore Stark's invention. Even if he says it is, which he doesn't. 🤦‍♀️)

Steve's booby-trapped harley davidsons (Again: we don't know for sure those are SSR tech / Hydra are shown on motorcycles so it could be another stolen design / We do know Stark would take credit either way. Tony having his own fancy samurai chopper in his garage in the present-day also doesn't prove it, either. He could just like harleys?? To me the biggest piece of 'evidence' that these might be Stark originals is how flashy they are? 🤔 And/or the way Steve tosses them aside like trash LOLOL. ��)

Howard finding the dropped tesseract / having technology which could detect the tesseract (This is coming straight after the Valkyrie raid and/or Zola's capture, so it could be that Zola and Red Skull, himself a scientist, had invented something to detect that gamma radiation, and Howard just purloined it. It's not impossible that Howard invented something to do this job... but that's just not what's shown. You could also see this scene as evidence of navigational talent by the guys actually piloting the ship, not a sign of Howard's competence, for example! Even if they found the tesseract because of re-tracing the Valkyrie's flight path exactly, that could've been accomplished because of Hydra records from the base, not because of Howard's genius. We just don't know. 🤷‍♀️ Howard being present while something clever may (or may not) be happening isn't proof he's responsible for it.)

TL;DR: CATFA writers are BAD at showing genius instead of telling.

sidenote: all of CATFA + deleted scenes included, Stark was actually a dick to Steve. Repeatedly sneered at him -- to his face, behind his back, and in front of his boss -- and questioned his intelligence and competence, despite being baffled by the same things as him. This idea of him and Steve as friends is a retcon, to try and bolster the Stark mythos, just as with Peggy's whole career leapfrogging off being 'Cap's Girl,' she says. Steve and Stark in CATFA were barely civil. (You can see they started this retcon post Avengers 1, because in that movie Steve has a bitch-face on the second he hears the name 'Stark' from Fury, criticises Howard's actions with the Tesseract, and dislikes his son Tony on sight.)

. So are there any inventions we can definitely say are Howard's?

Agent Carter:

Has been declared non-canon (most of it can't be, if you consider the timeline is impossible). And tbh Anon, to do a deep dive on Howard I'd have to re-watch the Agent Carter show, and (to borrow an earthy phrase of my father's) I'd rather put my dick in a vice. 😬 But for argument's sake / from memory we have:

1) Howard claiming Steve as one of his accomplishments (not, for example, Steve's own? or Abraham Erskine's? Which is funny, cuz in CATFA Howard was being nice-ish to Steve's face, but then talking shit about him behind his back. Before handing over Steve's shield / discussing suit designs with him, Stark was busy sneering to one of his lackeys that he bets Steve didn't notice a certain property of the tesseract tech… the tech which Steve himself had captured for them, without getting blown up like Howard does, even despite being shot at. So how's about you show some gratitude, Howard? Or some basic professional courtesy? Ah, but that would mean giving other people credit...)

2) Finished Hovercar (Still breaks down. Stark is shown working on it when it breaks down, though? An improved version using a '62 Chevy Corvette appears in AOS… but who knows who was responsible for those improvements. It's credited to Stark, by Stark, but what does that prove??)

3) Midnight Oil. (Not proven as Stark's invention, merely taken from Stark's lab, and from the vault underneath his mansion. Could've been one of his underling's inventions and he'd still say it was his. In fact, when asked "you invented a poison gas?" he says "No! Well, not intentionally." But, interestingly, then goes off on a tangent without confirming that it was he, himself, that discovered it. I'm reading a book about Operation Paperclip currently, and this reminds me of the way Nazis talked about their discoveries... if it was something bad, it was never them personally who did it. IMO, this is nevertheless the closest to painting Stark as a plausible 'inventor' we ever come. Not the genius who thinks of things, but the wealthy opportunist who accidentally blunders across things while researching unrelated things in his lab... things which may or may not have been invented by someone else. We have Howard claiming he severed ties with the US Army after this. But he's fine for the psychochemical gas to be handed over to a US alphabet agency... co-founded by a US Army Colonel. How is this severing ties??)

4) Stark Heat Vest (made of an alloy, insert [who in the Stark Labs really invented it? we don't know!! disclaimer] Which transforms into a suicide vest when you lock it. Another example of one of "Howard's" inventions being dangerous ill-conceived.)

5) Constrictor (a back massager which causes involuntary muscle contraction to the point of breaking bones. Another fuck up. Again, it's stored in Howard's property -- his yacht, The Heartbreak -- and credited to him, but is it really his tho? And if it is, that's not an accomplishment.)

6) Blitzkrieg Button (not actually an invention, but a container for the last vial of Steve's blood. So: a. Stark will canonically LIE and claim to have invented a thing, b. that doesn't even exist, c. to cover up the fact that he's a thief, meaning: d. Stark is genuinely talented at creating 'fake' inventions?? e. Stark wants Steve's blood to make money. (They tried to frame this as Peggy being tired of compromising her principles for him. LOLOL 😭 What principles?? She doesn't take Steve's blood off Stark, she lets him take it!)

7) Electroshocker (Ohhhh, this from the guy who knew what was being done to Bucky -- ie. being electroshocked?? And no one can work out what the purpose of this device is?? Do I have to draw a diagram of why this is suspicious??)

8) Camera pen (Hardly unique to Stark, but once again: just because he owns the rights, doesn't make it his invention, even if he says it is. And he uses it to take indecent pictures of women without their knowledge or consent. JFC...)

9) Photonic Amplifier (usual insert [who in the Stark Labs really invented it? we don't know!! disclaimer] problem. The sheer number of things he's crediting himself with inventing, by the way, is actually more of an indication that he's probably just taking credit from someone else. If they'd only said he invented one or two things...)

10) Gamma Cannon (insert [who in the Stark Labs really invented it? we don't know!! disclaimer] problem; Howard sends the specs code for it for it via telegram, but that doesn't prove he invented it. Oyvey. He does take time out to try and come up with a name for the rift-generator tho... which he stole.)

11) Jitterbug (insert [who in the Stark Labs really invented it? we don't know!! disclaimer] problem, Stark's Butler knowing the codes to use it still doesn't prove Stark invented it.)

12) Nitramene (Quote from the show: "Howard is working on a formula for molecular nitramene [...] Supposedly, it has its roots in his work with vita radiation." a. What do you mean "supposedly?" (Word doing a lot of heavy lifting there). b. What do you mean "with" vitaradiation? Not on? c. What work? Genuinely. Erskine is the one who invented serum that requires vitaradiation, not Stark. Nothing in CATFA credits Stark with coming up with that idea, not even Stark himself, and there is no pre-Steve vitaradiation-related invention mentioned to account for why Stark would know about/be working on it already. (Could the hovercar perhaps be vitaradiation related somehow? But even then, that doesn't prove it's Stark's expertise.) The person actually most-likely to know about radiation other than Erskine would be Zola, the tesseract guy, whom they conveniently do not mention. d. So this is a second-hand account?

13) And when you say "Howard" is working on it, do you mean Howard, or Howard's employees?

14) "My formula for molecular nitramene. Technically, we're not even sure it works, but, well, let's face it… I invented it, so it works" Now, unless Howard has suddenly started using 'they' pronouns or the Royal We, mid-sentence, notice the switcheroo there? One second it's Howard's formula, but as soon as doubt is introduced it's "we" who aren't sure about it. Who's this mysterious we, Howard? I thought you just said it was your formula?? How could the guy who invented it not know if it works? Notice how it's only his alone if he's taking credit, rather than blame, and how he's hedging -- giving himself a get-out-of-jail-free excuse, in advance -- in case it doesn't work? And it's Edwin Jarvis, a Butler, who knows how to neutralise it, "render it inert with a solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate and acetate." Does that 'prove' Edwin Jarvis is a genius inventor? No, of course not. It's just supposed to prove that he... merely... works with... a genius inventor. 😳 AND GUESS WHO SHOWS UP in connection with Nitramene?

15) Anton Vanko, the man Howard stole the arc reactor design from, as revealed in Iron Man 2, and whom Howard had deported and reduced to penury so he could do that. That's The invention that basically made Stark Industries!

16) And Anton Vanko is also, coincidentally, linked to this other huge invention Howard is crediting as his own? And it's he who knows that Nitramene emits vitaradiation? If Howard is the so-called vitaradiation expert... why isn't it Howard telling Peggy that?)

Even if they had showed a hundred inventions of Howard's in AC, the fact that they also establish him as a greedy, unscrupulous liar, and a thief of industrial secrets, makes any other "true" claims suspect. TL;DR: AC writers are BAD at showing genius instead of telling.

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Sidenote: I've commented before how AC is basically inept writers furiously trying to retcon the shitty writing of Peggy in CATFA and make out like they wrote a good female character, when they didn't (largely by stealing all Bucky's traits and giving them to her. As if that's what the issue was.)

But there's also a disquieting disparity between Howard Stark in CATFA and AC that I never noticed before.

In CATFA, he's referred to as a "weapons contractor."

And yet none of the technology he's connected to in CATFA is actually a weapon. (With the possible exception of the flamethrowers on the Harley WLAs. Putting magnets on a pre-existing tank bomb doesn't count, IMO).

But by the time of AC, only a year later, we're hearing about these hideous inventions Stark claims he created (and claims to regret) which were used in the war. There's a direct throughline from his fascination with the tesseract to the Hydra-guns Steve was so appalled to find in SHIELD's arsenal in Avengers 1, just like what Bucky and the Howlies were forced to make in Zola's POW camp (which violates the Geneva Conventions, btw).

And yet, during the war, Steve somehow saw none of these devices of Stark's. And there was no hint of Stark's thievery back then, either.

...Isn't that odd??

Was the guy who sneered at Steve behind his back, perhaps, also hiding other things from him as well?

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Iron Man 2:

Other than stealing from Anton Vanko, we have Howard building into the design of the Stark Expo the secret to an unknown element (I think Tony tried to get it named Badassium) he claims he discovered. (Seriously, guys, pick a fucking lane, is Howard a weapons contractor industrialist, a mechanical engineer, a geneticist, or a chemist, which is it?) Hypothetically, if Nitramene was actually Anton Vanko's discovery, and he also invented the arc reactor, isn't there a much greater likelihood that it was he who discovered the arc-reactor-saving unknown element? (And the reason Vanko's son doesn't know would even be the same reason why Howard's son doesn't know: because the technology to synthesise that element hadn't been created yet.) Once again, we only have Howard The Thief's word for it that Badassium was his discovery, in the movie where we find out he steals other peoples' ideas and takes the credit. I'll take that with a huge pinch of salt.

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Elsewhere:

There's a serial pattern with Iron Man villains where they're basically just Tony but with protagonist-centered-morality declaring whatever Tony does only bad if it's bad guys doing it. And Tony and Howard are cut from the same cloth. So Obadiah Stane? That's Howard. (How much more powerful that story would've been if they went there!) Anton Vanko? That's Howard's demon. Justin Hammer? Doing exactly what Howard did -- ripping off someone else's work, including his own employee's, and selling it to the US military. (We even have the like-for-like moment where Justin Hammer tries to do a showy demonstration of "his" invention, and it goes disastrously wrong... because he doesn't actually understand what it is he's trying to pass off as his own. So he has to hire someone who does -- ie. Anton Vanko.) Why are we supposed to see all these people as villains and dilettantes, not geniuses, but not Howard Stark for doing the same thing? It's just protagonist-centered morality. Even Wernher von Braun, who is alluded to in IM3. They try to paint him as a "starry-eyed" scientist who just wanted to do space travel uwu 🥺 (Definitely not because of Walt Disney making movies with him at all honestly!!) In fact, von Braun was a high-ranking Nazi in the SS. He was nominated for SS membership by Heinrich Himmler. He was decorated by Hitler himself (you can see in photos of him wearing a golden badge on his tie... that's from Hitler). He was in charge of his own concentration camp (Mittelwerk Nordhausen-Dora) full of slaves supplied by the SS, at a rent of 3 marks per day, and created to build V-2 rockets, in an underground bunker just like Camp Lehigh had. (Krausberg and the Valkyrie base in CATFA could've been lifted straight from his story!) 20,000+ people died in Nordhausen-Dora. And von Braun went personally to Buchenwald concentration camp (after penning a cheery letter about it), which was only 50 miles away, to hand-pick skilled slaves to build a lab for himself. And then, despite all this, he was sent to the US under Operation Paperclip. And the guys that worked with him on rockets? That's what Howard did with Zola. Zola is the von Braun to his Walt Disney.

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Ant Man

And then there is the twin example of Hank Pym and Mitchell Carson. In What If...? when Hank Pym and Howard Stark are co-founding SHIELD (but not Peggy), there are no Nazis in it (this is also a consequence of Steve and Bucky still being around to nip that in the bud.) But in Ant Man, Hank Pym is shown confronting his colleagues about unethical behaviour (that being: a Hydra agent stealing his inventions), and leaving SHIELDra in protest... But Howard Stark (surprise surprise!) is happy to stay. And, obviously, has no problem with stealing other peoples' ideas. Which is what Mitchell Carson, the Hydra agent, does.

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Endgame

Flashforward, and Stark is wandering round a "quasi-fascistic" (his own son's words!!!) black site, looking for his buddy "Arnie" (Arnim Zola, the Nazi rocket scientist who also tortured American POWS and utilised them as slave labour till they could be worked to death and replaced: "...use up what strength they have left, Doctor. There are always more workers.") And letting this random Tony Potts guy wander off with the suitcase containing the tesseract. And he is shown doing this, right next to the computer that will be housing Zola's brain, in the future:

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What If...?

The mecha ('Hydra stomper') suits shown as Howard's in What If...? were actually Zola's creation in CATFA, not Howards. Even the writers will steal other peoples' ideas to give them to Howard! (Even A.I. is first shown in connection with Zola, not Tony). In regards to his general character, here's a meta about how Howard definitely knew about what was being done to Bucky in the main timeline / CACW. (Mr Professional Thief has WS serum in his trunk, which he apparently got after "a quick stop ... at the Pentagon." And AC proves he would steal even from his own 'side' to try and make money off serum. That to me makes it obvious why Hydra killed him: because he's a greedy thief, not because he's anti-Hydra. He was fleeing with his loot to the Bahamas, at Christmas...) Here's a meta about how What If...? s2 confirmed that he knew. And here's meta on how What If...? s2 SHOWED that Howard would have no problems using Bucky exactly the same way Hydra did (while dehumanizing him. As long as it's convenient.) .

Conclusion

So, Anon... you say Stark is multifaceted. I'd say, sure he is. He is, after all, a bastard on many levels. (Absolutely valid writing decision. Simultaneously claiming he isn't, though? That's a nonsense writing choice.) You say he couldn't achieve what he achieved if he wasn't smart. I'd say: sure he's smart! Canonically, he has a talent for lying and charming and stealing, (not only lying but lying convincingly to professional liars, whose job it is to detect liars), abusing/exploiting women, kinda slut-shaming women (how many names has he dropped? what was the purpose of his fondue comment?), abusing his position of power to destroy his victims, and to cover up his crimes, taking credit for other peoples' work, ignoring human suffering when it suits him, and collaborating with Nazis. And of course, the most important thing: putting on a show! But none of those things takes a genius... 😕

#long post #SHIELDra founders #antihowardstark #mcu critical #mcu meta #tw war crimes description #toAyourQ #dat's me #hey nonny #antiendgame #antipeggy #antisteggy #meta #full meta under cut #IT'S A LONG 'UN! #writers: but we wanted you to think he was smart?? 🥺 #me: then you shouldn't have written him lying and stealing then?? 🙄 #anyway nonny hope that's got ya thinking! #my meta

[le-morte-d-belle]

Look who's in their Loki Era

I'm so fucking ugly, it isn't even funny.

I love how I have a backlog of stories to finish, but after watching all of these Loki edits on the clock app I have a sudden need to write my one Loki story that's been on the back burner for years.

Anyone interested in a Loki x Goddess of Death MC set in either pre/Thor 1 or like, pre-TVA?

Essentially, the first idea is:

Loki and MC are arranged to be married despite their wishes. MC has never known anything outside her kingdom but agrees to the arrangement out of loyalty to her brother. Loki, on the other hand, knows this is Odin's way of punishing him by marrying him off to a princess form a barely thriving kingdom they “aligned” with years ago and doesn't appreciate the reminder he’ll never be Thor’s equal as this farce of a marriage just illustrates to the rest of the king how “highly” his father thinks of him. Kinda follows the MCU timeline/Thor 1 movie with obvious changes.

Wait is it too late for an idea like this?

The second idea is:

MC is tired of being a god of death. She hates the fact that people either fear her or hate her for taking them away from the realm of the living. She desperately wants to be "seen" but finds it hard to do so because she takes her job seriously. However, after meeting Loki once again, she decides to take a chance at being selfish and harbors the fugitive in her kingdom, Mictlan, while he tries to restrategize and recover from his escape with the tesseract.

This story is way fluffier. Also, it has a more central theme like growth/change as MC will learn to let loose and Loki learns to be more grounded/enjoy the simplicity of life.

Anywho, please let me know your thoughts!

**Edited concept 1 a bit because wow did I miss the mark, character personality wise, on that one for Loki. Don’t get me wrong, we’ll still get possessive and a bit unhinged Loki, but I totally want to explore the “at his wits end”, “cares to much but won’t tell anyone”, I love my family but gods I wish the would ‘see’ me”, Loki**

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[rockinlibrarian]

👖⏰ for the fanfic ask 😊

Thanks, person I reblogged this AskGame from even though I think I forgot to ask you back! How about I now ask you 💭 and 🍰?

👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?

I think...it's NOT consistent? Which may be all part and parcel of being a plantser?

I usually start out as a pantser, and then when I get an idea of what I'm writing, I decide if it needs some background structure! If it's fairly short, and more character-driven than plot-driven, I'll pants the whole thing. If it's going to be multi-chapter or somehow complicated, THEN I'll write out the Beats to Hit and put notes under each, and sometimes make a new Scrivener page for each beat/chapter. Then I can focus on the parts that need to be written! But the first thing I write is usually more of a snip of voice and tone and concept, completely pantsed.

⏰ Do you spend more time reading fic, writing fic, or do you do both equally?

You know I'm not sure? It was definitely writing before I got it into my head to browse the Umbrella Academy tag in alphabetical order by author (this by the way is currently somewhat stalled out in the Ts. Now I'm mostly reading ongoing things I've subscribed to and anything new that shows up under the Five/Viktor tag because I'm still weirdly obsessed with that. OH, and also things my recipients for Yuletide have written so I get an idea of their tastes! But that's a somewhat different subject I should get out of the parenthesis for!) , but I feel like-- it varies? Some weeks it's more reading, some it's more writing. There's also the issue where I get sucked into rereading whatever it is I'm supposed to be writing, so which is that, really? This morning I got it into my head that I wanted to read the unfinished chapters of "Tesseract," so I did, and I didn't actually ADD anything to any of it, even though it's been going on two years since it's been updated and that's probably annoying for anyone who was actually waiting for me to update. It doesn't actually have any subscriptions though, so I'm probably only annoying myself.

😊 confused me! I was like "I don't see a 😊 ! There's a 🌝 (Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to? And the answer is... I don't know, because if I want to write a character I probably already have written them! I was thinking, when I placed my requests for Yuletide, that I WISH I could write Sal Vidon from 'Sal and Gabi Break the Universe' because he has SUCH a distinctive voice, but that's part of the problem because he's also very Cuban-American and I know basic Mexican-Spanish and I couldn't possibly pull the cultural part of his voice off ANYWAY), but no 😊!"

Then I figured out it was just a pleased smile and a very cheerful one at that. So, have a nice day!

#ask game #fanfic #writing

[theorderofthetriad]

Um. Hello. This may be weird of me to ask but um do you perhaps have some steve/loki fics to rec 👉👈

yeah... yeah i can do that

Well, I'll start you off with the 125,000+ word ongoing (like literally updated last week ongoing) series Favors Unsought (Explicit.) It starts off with Loki basically haunting Avengers tower while the Avengers are all "where the fuck is Loki!?" and also Steve has a crush on Loki. It's plot heavy, has a lot of theorizing about Odin and I can't say I'm on board will all the points made, but overall the story is really interesting. Also I never considered the ship of Tony and JARVIS but this fic very much has me sold on it.

Then we've got <2000 word one-shot Pining and Cones (Mature) which is of the "Loki is just part of the Avengers now for some reason" genre. Loki asks Steve out for ice cream and he has a big dumb crush and UST.

And for a "Loki is part of the Avengers now and it's explained in like a single sentence" fic, we've got We Were Never Boy Scouts (Mature) with 5000+ words, Loki and Steve are on a mission during the slow part where they're just walking and talking. Eventually they take shelter in a little shack with only one bed.

We've got Whats Trust Between Lovers (Teen) at 2000+ words. Another "Loki is part of the Avengers now and it's explained in like a single sentence" fic, the Avengers are some nosy motherfuckers and all rush to the security monitor room once it's clear Steve is heading to Loki's room to have an argument with him about his actions during the previous mission.

Then we've got the Remember This Cold (Explicit) series, it's- jesus fuck- it's 850,000+ words. I've only read up to part 15 of 77, so I can't speak for the whole work, but those first 15 parts are solid. It starts with an excellent slowburn (the first three fics don't even have relationship tags and the 4th fic is Steve denying to himself that he might have feelings for Loki despite some compelling evidence.) Loki keeps showing up to talk to Steve, and Steve is letting it happen. Just make sure to read the tags of each fic bc there's a vivisection fic in there somewhere and if that's not your thing you can absolutely skip it.

Who Would You Rather Be Stuck in an Elevator With, the Hulk or Loki? (Teen) at 3,000+ words is pretty obviously a stuck in an confined space fic. Conversations are had. I won't spoil the ending but I fucking love love love the reveal and I wish there was a whole genre of Avengers fics using the premise presented in the reveal.

The Muse Of Battle (Explicit) (22,000+ words) is fucking great. I do appreciate that the author saw Loki die in Infinity War and said "No, fuck that, he's fine." So Loki shows up during the battle in Wakanda and uses the Casket of Ancient Winters to great effect, but which also reveals his Frost Giant form, which Steve sees and is absolutely awestruck by. Loki of course has image issues regarding his true form.

The Two Captains (General Audiences) (7000+ words) is a fun little concept where Loki is sent to Midgard during WWII to get the tesseract out of the nazis' hands, and he does this by going undercover as a normal human of Captain rank in the Howling Commandoes. Cue some unrequited slowburn because Steve still ends up in the fucking ice. There's not a happy ending to this fic, but it's also part of a larger series I'm not recommending because I personally didn't like the direction it went (it was canon-divergent when i would have liked to have seen where it would have gone while mostly following canon,) but I think a LOT about what this set-up could have been and i keep coming back to this fic.

[This fic did cause me to think up the idea of Steve waking from the ice, google searching (he's competent enough to google) his old howling commando buddy, and then inadvertently watching a buzzfeed unsolved parody (he's not competent enough to discriminate his internet sources yet) about the howling commando who didn't exist on any record except within the military as a Howling Commando, and then mysteriously disappeared after the death of Captain America. And the episode proposed theories range from "he's a spy" to "he's an alien" to "he's just some guy whose records got lost during a world fucking war." And then a week later Nick Fury shows up asking Steve to help save the world from the alien that just showed up that Colson immediately recognized as the missing Howling Commando of dubious identity]

And, finally, for something that's just straight p*** (whereas the other explicit fics i've listed have been plot first) the two part Not Entirely Accidental series! (Explicit, obviously) (7,000+ words). I'm not explaining this one.

Also, now that i just spent like 3+ hours writing fic recs, could I possibly interest you in the concept of the ship of Loki and Matt Murdock? In fucking typical fashion i am once again obsessing over a joke ship. Not really any fics i can recommend out of the 11 with that tag, BUT I feel like it's similar to Loki and Captain America except Matt Murdock has the ability to tell whenever someone is lying. I wanna see the liesmith and the lie-detector kiss please and thank you! And in the comics they fucking literally made a character with a lie detecting ability just to be Loki's friend, they shoulda just used Daredevil! I can't even find a moment in the comics where they interact, I'm so disappointed.

#loki #captain america #fic recs #frostshield #stoki #santagno #otp: horned helms something about lying #mcu #frostdevil #Top Tino Post

[lokigodofaces]

For ffwf: 1. What is your typical writing process for a fic? 2. I remember you we're thinking about a Tesseract!reader fic at some point, and even though I'm not usually into /reader fics, that concept intrigued me - could you tell more about it?

Good question. I have no frickin clue. Well, in all seriousness, I start off with wanting to write a fic with a certain ship or trope and have no clue how to put that into a fic. Overtime I come up with ideas and make an outline. And less than 20 chapters in I throw the outline out because I came up with more ideas that are better. So then I kinda make a new outline (but most of it is in my head which is a bad idea). But it's a much more fluid outline. I take so long to write fics that I get more ideas so I usually start off with a semi-fixed outline and toss it for one that is more fluid and easier for me to play with later. Then I slowly write it over years. I'm going on hiatus for over a year in 100 days (I just made a countdown...aaaaaaa 100 days!) so I guess we'll see in a couple years how that changes my writing. But as far as writing goes, I kind of just throw it on a google doc? Write write write. Can take anywhere between a day and a week for me to push out a chapter. Also, since I write multiple fics, I rotate between which one I'm working on. I finish a chapter of A, and move onto the next chapter B, etc. When I write, I try to edit as I go and at the end, but I'm really bad at catching typos and skipped words (so is google docs). Then I publish it when it still is basically a first or second draft because my brain will not let me edit too much or else it just shuts down with that fic. Every once in a while though I go through my chapters and edit them all at once. Sometimes it's a lot, sometimes it's just fixing typos. But, yeah, kind of me just bsing my way through writing.

Okay, so this is still in the "I start off with wanting to write a fic with a certain ship or trope and have no clue how to put that into a fic" stage of this fic, but I'll tell you what I've got so far. Okay, the easiest way for me to describe it right now is to compare it to Avatar: The Last Airbender (this might suck for you if you haven't seen it). So the avatar is reincarnated into a different nation every life, right? And the avatar gets special abilities no one else has that have been passed down from earlier avatars (ability to bend all four elements, entering the avatar state, communicating with previous avatars, being a link between the human world and the spirit world), right? I'm doing something similar to that with the Infinity Stones. There isn't a cycle for the Stones' reincarnation like the avatar has, but the Stones will reincarnate into different forms with every life. This can range from stones to flowers to mosquitos to stars to comets to whatever. There are only a couple rules. 1: It has to be something naturally forming, they can't reincarnate into a commercial airplane or whatever. 2: All of the Stones will be in the same form together. If one's a daffodil, the rest are daffodils. 3: If one dies before the others, it stays dead until the others die so that they can all reincarnate at once. 4: There are notable differences between the Stones and whatever the average object of their form is, often resulting in unique colors, texture, etc. 5: Each reincarnation makes distinct people. You wouldn't say that Aang and Korra are the same person in the Avatar world. Same is true for the Stones. They can access the memories of pasts lives, communicate with them, and certain things are influenced by them, like preferences, but they are their own people. Adding to that, they have to learn how to use their powers again and they don't immediately know they are these infinitely powerful cosmic beings.

So, the Stones are killed in Endgame and are reincarnated into sextuplet humans. Loki is alive because duh, of course he's alive. He and Tess were in a relationship and he's really had a hard time with her loss. And 30 years later, he happens to meet Space's new reincarnation. This is really hard for him because there are some things about [Y/N] that are so much like Tess. Some of her mannerisms, her voice is eerily similar, her hair is Tess's color (okay I haven't decided if I want it to be naturally blue or if she dyed it because she was innately drawn to that color because I like both ideas), they both have the same favorite moon, etc. Loki is the one to tell [Y/N] and her siblings what she is and some sort of plot thing will happen. But Loki misses Tess so much but knows that [Y/N] needs help learning about who she is. [Y/N] feels drawn to Loki because of Tess's relationship. I haven't decided if I want them to end up in a relationship or not since both could be intriguing. But, yeah, that's what I've got so far!

ffwf

#sorry for the late response yesterday was a day #tesseroki #really excited for this fic but i have no clue what i want to do with it yet

[tangleweave]

"Have you evah been in--"

She looks down, away. The final word is acid in her throat or salt on her tongue in an unpleasant way that holds nothing of her Mother's magick in it.

"Love?"

She trusts Phil not to be dismayed by the way she hesitates on the word. For asking a question she doesn't really have a right to ask. Or in the way she almost recoils from herself the instant it speaks it into being.

A few seconds creep by before she catches the corner of her lip between her teeth, savouring the stinging where chapped skin had been pulled away. "I'm…sorry. S'none of my business, yeah?"

[ Who We Want / Accepting ]

For as much as the question guides Beth's face and gaze downward and to the side, it draws Phil's front and center, and for a moment he stops chewing his latest bite of cherry pie. He doesn't quite stare; he has a specific face for doing that. But his expression is nonetheless inscrutable, up to and through the moment she puts forth her quiet acknowledgment that she was out of her depth in asking.

And for Beth, being out of her depth is indeed a feat.

It's normally not the kind of question he would consider answering in any way other than vague or coy. A spymaster holds secrets for reasons -- principally because it's in the job description, and because he's the soul of discretion. But he has to take into consideration how Beth had followed him into SHIELD on virtually nothing but a hope and a prayer, an invitation extended from a stranger who managed to convince her to disclose a wide array of superhuman abilities on nothing more than an open approach, a polite greeting, and a flash of the badge.

Months later, she's out of the Academy, working diligently in her bio lab, and conducting post-op field analyses as a member of his team, and she still doesn't know just how much she tipped her hand to him when they'd first met -- and he has no reason to change that dynamic. But he's given her precious little about his personal life in return.

It's not personal. He doesn't share that sort of information with anybody.

...except Ms. Potts. And, by extension, Tony Stark.

"Just saying. I'll fly you out to Oregon. Give love a chance."

He turns back down to his plate and swallows his bite. Perhaps along with it, a morsel of his pride.

"Once." He sets down his fork and laces his fingers atop the edge of the table. "Audrey. She plays cello with the Portland Symphony. She got put on SHIELD's radar when she was being stalked... turned out by a metahuman. We put him where he couldn't hurt or frighten anyone anymore, but... Audrey and I became fast friends. She'd call ahead if she was coming to New York. Whenever I was in Portland, I'd get a ticket to the symphony. She got a gig in D.C. for a while. Somehow she had a sense of when I was within a hundred miles. She always seemed to make my phone ring at just the right times. We spent a lot more time together."

The faintest flicker of a smile drifts across his features, as ephemeral as a puff of smoke and just as transitory. "She laughed at my jokes, too, which has never been all that common."

He glances down to his plate and takes his fork back up, maybe as a subconscious attempt to ward away the ache that he senses welling up from the pit of his stomach. He'll finish the pie, but he's not as appetized as he was on the first bite. "The gig wrapped two weeks before the Battle of New York, and she flew home to Portland. I couldn't see her off. I was at the Tesseract Research Facility at the time. And then, well..."

He does a gentle brushing motion of the fingers on his free hand, as if dismissing a sprite from the edge of his plate -- or the sobering thought that more might have come from that relationship. The echo of Tony Stark's voice is replaced with an echo of Raina's.

"She did love you."

He presses the side of his fork through the crust. "Since then... haven't really counted on the idea that I would have room for it in my life. Every minute I have is borrowed time, now."

He lifts his gaze to her face, and his expression returns her inquiry to her... but he knows better than to ask it aloud.

#Shall We Begin? | answered prompts #brooklynislandgirl #beth riley #muse: coulson

[avengersrewatch]

E17: The Man Who Stole Tomorrow

Okay! We're here! I started this rewatch because I wanted to talk about Kang and Janet Van Dyne a lot before Quantumania. I have seen that by now, and also 17 episodes of this show.

You might not remember that when Captain America was introduced in the mini-episodes, Kang was as well. Kang believes Captain America is the cause of some kind of time anomaly and he comes to EMHU Earth to kill him in this two-part episode.

(It's also implied, later on, that the thing Captain America does that causes a time... problem? Time issue? I don't know the term, happens later on this season. When Captain America touches the Cosmic Cube (aka the Tesseract in MCU speak), it is supposed to grant someone their wished for world. Baron Strucker wants to remake the world so that Hydra won WW2, but Steve gets to it first. But the world doesn't change much when Steve touches it. It just makes it so Bucky survives in the past. And, honestly, Steve should have been more specific with his wish because Bucky simply surviving means he is tortured as the Winter Soldier. I suggest you think a lot harder if you ever get the chance to touch the Cosmic Cube, reader.)

Spoilers for later this season and next! But Kang is trying to stop Steve from destroying the future.

It's interesting because some have argued that, in the MCU, Steve Rogers going back in time to live with Peggy Carter should create a branch timeline but the writers and directors of ENDGAME don't agree as to what happened. With the TVA added to the mix, Steve's happy ending should have just been pruned immediately as soon as he arrived. Yet somehow he seems to have grown old in the past.

I don't understand any of that, and unless Chris Evans agrees to come back, I don't think Steve Rogers will be the cause of the multiversal war that has been predicted for the MCU. But he still could be, I guess.

This Kang is more, well, cartoon-y than MCU Kang. He is voiced by actor Jonathan Adams, who is also a Black man but otherwise not that similar to Jonathan Majors.

This Kang is motivated by love. We know this because he's always staring longingly at a woman in stasis--Ravonna Renslayer (though we are not to that part of the story yet). He also just shows up at the Avengers Mansion and is like, "Hi, I'm Kang. I am here to kill Captain America." There's no elaborate plan or organization, like we see from He Who Remains in Loki.

He brings the Avengers (whole team this time!) into the future to see NYC after the sun has burned up the planet, which is somehow Cap's fault according to Kang. Also, "BTW," Kang says, "I'm going to conqueror your world so you can survive the coming Kree-Skrull war." Because Kang's solution to every problem is him being in charge.

There is a moment where Steve is like "okay maybe I should let Kang take me? Because of the whole Earth burning up thing?" And Tony's like, "nah, this guy is a jerk." (Literally he says Kang might be their "only hope" but "he's being a real jerk about it.")

So the Avengers fight, even though no one has any idea what is going on.

Kang is like, "Gross, I'm just going to leave you here in this destroyed Earth to think about your decision."

Except Ant-Man calls a bunch of ants to cover Kang and knock him out of his time-chair. All of humanity died, but there are still insects on this planet. This scene is fairly similar to the one we saw in Quantumania where Hank arrives with a slew of ants that drag Kang away. Except this time it also involves Hulk smashing as well. (Giant Man smashed in the movie?)

This gives Tony time to "hack" Kang's time chair. (I should mention Black Panther is able to cut Kang's armor with his vibranium knives.) Tony recognizes some Stark Tech in the origins of the chair, and is able to bring them all back to the Mansion.

Kang is very upset that Iron Man is sitting in his chair. (It sounds like he has a pretty personal and intimate relationship with this chair.) Tony zaps him. Then Thor hits him with a lightning bolt and Kang retreats to his big space ship and brings more spaceships from the future to "conquer" the 21st century.

Steve is like, "he'll be back."

And in more ominous news: Hank has a whole bunch of Ultrons in the Negative Zone at a "new" prison. I'm sure that will go super duper for everyone.

#avengers: earth's mightiest heroes #avengers rewatch #the avengers #steve rogers #captain america #bucky barnes #kang the conqueror #nathaniel richards #tony stark #iron man #thor #thor odinson #hawkeye #clint barton #hulk #bruce banner #t'challa #black panther #wasp #janet van dyne #hank pym #henry pym #ant-man #ultron #the negative zone

[10holmes]

author self-rec game - tagged by @lady-of-the-lotus thanks for the tag! 💕

Rules: list the five favorite fics you’ve written, then pass it on to five other writers.

Puh... Basically this is me just tagging about every fic I've written so far, considering a lot are more on the nah side of things, but let's see 😂

1. Time is Our Worst Enemy

Recently I just recommended this fic to my super amazing and precious reader @impossible-stardust and realized this is - if maybe not my best or most popular - definitely my all time favourite XueXiao fic that I've written so far 💕

Basically it is me going: "The Yi City Arc didn't hurt enough - Let's make it even more heart-wrenching!" #peacewasneveranoption #IdontwantpeaceIwantproblems

2. Now That I See You

This fic is really dear to me because it is the most extensive one I've written so far and I spend like every spare minute thinking about it and plotting (if also often not always writing... #writerstruggles)

While watching the deleted campfire scene and seeing XY making heart-eyes at XXC and also his puppy-eyes during their final confrontation, I thought: "Gosh, what if XXC could have seen his expressions and had really had the time to understand and reflect on XYs story and past? And what if XY was more aware of his feelings sooner and less vicious & shaped by his past? This definitely would have changed things!"

Thus, this fic was born featuring a XXC, who still has his eyes, and a XY who's amnesiac after the assassination attempt. And, yes, I do take the slow in slow-burn very seriously here.

3. Fate is a Wicked Thing

Way before descending into danmei hell and becoming a Xue Yang apologist, I was an avid Loki stan and Lokane shipper and also very pissed with how his character was done dirty by Marvel. So I thought Screw canon! and went to write a canon divergence where the Infinity Stones are sentient beings and two of them always form a pair and they bond with their hosts and the pairing also extends to their hosts. So now we have Loki bonded to the Tesseract and Jane bonded to the Aether, which are a pair, and thus the two of them also find themselves suddenly developing feelings for one another and then having to question whether these feelings are influenced by the Infinity Stones or maybe their own after all...

Regrettably, I haven't finished or updated this in years as my interests and obsessions have shifted...

4. Down in the Black Sea

Are you even truly pan (or bi) if you haven't got a weird obsession with pirates and mermaids and Pirates of the Caribbean?

So yeah, I love mermaids, I love pirates, and I love the idea of combining that obsession with XueXiao. Thankfully I stumbled upon @memequeen1127 's fic collection and got permission to continue her opening chapter for what is now also one of my most beloved fics!

It's about XY, a mermaid hunter, being saved by XXC, a white mermaid of legend, with whose heart one can gain immeasurable power. So of course XY wants that power. But the growing feelings between them may yet change the tide of any ensuing betrayal...

5. Lone Wolf And His White Sheep Shizun

Take XueXiao but make it RanWan. As my obsessions shifted yet again to another pairing, but I can't quite let go of XueXiao (probably not ever again), I decided to just combine it and make it one huge obsession ✔️

But be warned: Updates are very slow for this one... #sorry

And now, I'm excited to get to know your favourite personal fics!

@bao-shan-black

@onlyonewoman

@unfortunatelycake

@the-ineffable-arvari

@zishustits

And anyone else who sees this and wants to join in 🥰

#self-rec game #just fic writer things #recommending your own 5 favourite fics #No #my obsession with XueXiao is not obvious at all...

[bebx]

Now, this could just be me but this whole Mr.Tesseract thing is giving me flashbacks to Gravity Falls Bill Cypher and I could be wrong but this feels like a reskin of Bill. Not saying I hate it I'm just saying history might be repeating itself and I don't know how to feel about it. At this point, all I see is.

Dilf^2(Lighting McQueen+Bill Cypher)+ all blue rubrics cube= Mr.Tesseract

You know what I sort of like it now that I did the math but what do you think?

***A little background for those who don’t know who Mister Tesseract is, because I’ve been asked about it before so I thought I’d put it here too, to avoid any confusion.

Basically Mister Tesseract is Mobius’s nickname in the comics, though I’m not a hundred percent sure about this because I’m honestly not a comic geek, but that’s what I’ve learned. And lately it’s become a popular headcanon within the Mobius fandom that Mobius possessed the power of the Tesseract, thus he became this powerful being called Mister Tesseract. Though he may or may not get corrupted by it in the progress.

And to make it more angsty, Loki is the one who’s trying to get a corrupted, powerful Mobius to remember him. So there’s that.

That being said, I must confess I’m not really in the Gravity Falls fandom and haven’t actually seen much of it, so I’m afraid I don’t have enough knowledge about the show to have an opinion about the similarities between Bill Cipher and Mobius? Except for that Bill kind of reminded me of Miss Minutes? Which I suppose is irrelevant to your ask.

Though I do have opinions on Mister Tesseract being canon in the MCU, and I think there’re possibilities. Not likely, but there’re still possibilities. Mobius somehow getting himself exposed to the Tesseract, and not only did he possess its power but he also got corrupted by it. Thus the beginning of Mister Tesseract.

And Mister Tesseract may not be the same kind and gentle Mobius Loki knows at all. So it’s up to Loki to stop this powerful being before it’s too late. But the problem is that, Mister Tesseract is — to Loki — still Mobius. He wears Mobius’s face. He is still the man Loki came to love (whether it be platonically or romantically) and Loki can’t actually hurt him.

He wants his Mobius back and he has no idea if his Mobius is still somewhere, inside this powerful being that’s destroying the universe, or if he’s already gone. Still Loki has to believe he’s not too far gone, that he can still save his Mobius.

And I think that would be one hell of an epic plot I’d love to see. Obviously if it were to be canon (I personally doubt it’d be, though there’re always possibilities) I’d hope for an eventual happy ending for both Loki and his Mobius.

Or, I don’t know, maybe someone could write a fic about it? 👀

#my inbox is open #loki series #mobius #loki #lokius #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #mister tesseract #marvel #avengers #mcu #mr tesseract #loki x mobius

[andguesswhat]

The fool on the hill - Chapter 2

Thank you for your likes and reblogs and everything!

Hope you like the 2nd chapter too. Sorry for my bad English/writing. And I have no idea what happened to the formatting. But at the moment it's the idea that counts, right? 😅

Here's the link if you prefer the archive

Btw, Tom's birthday is Feb 9th, in case anyone is unfamiliar with such unnecessary knowledge ;)  and they filmed from Jan - Dec 2020, if someone gets confused.

Thirty-nine

*

After they were done with filming for that day, Tom had invited the crew to come to his little birthday party. They had given him a more than cool tesseract cake today and he wanted to return the favor. 

He looked around. 

Everyone was there but no Owen. 

Tom knew it was silly to be sad about it, but still..... He had been so looking forward to seeing him today on his birthday.

Owen had had his day off so they hadn't seen each other on set and Owen had said that he would come. So where was he? 

Tom sighed.

Well, he was a showman, after all. So he took a deep breath, tapped his spoon on his champagne glass to make himself known ... And smiled. 

"Ten years ago ... on my 29th birthday ... I was also on a film set ... playing Loki ..." he began his speech. 

"And I couldn't be prouder to be here now .... still playing Loki at..." he took a deep breath and contorted his face as if in pain, "thirty-nine!"

The crew cheered and someone shouted, "Wait until you're forty-nine and you're still wearing that leather suit!" It was Bill from the set design.

Tom laughed. "Yeah, you're right, Bill. Thirty-nine is no age for Loki. We will see what the future brings. Well, everyone, thank you for coming tonight." He pointed in the direction of the buffet. "And: I hereby open the little buffet. Please enjoy!"

The crew cheered again. 

It had been a great day for him so far, he absolutely loved filming Loki, the crew was fantastic, he got a cool cake … what more could he ask for actually?

Well, Owen if he was honest. He asked for Owen. 

To see him on his birthday. 

Tom sipped his champagne, mingled with the people, chatted with his colleagues, laughed with them, and politely thanked everyone for their birthday wishes.

Well, yes, he could always play the happiest person in the room, even if he wasn't. 

But suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder, and when he turned around and finally saw Owen standing in front of him, smiling at him, cheekily like only Owen could, Tom definitely was the happiest person in the room. "Owen!" A rush of pure happiness ran through his body. And he really had to concentrate not to shout out Owen's name again. So he did it inwardly. 

Owen! 

And he smiled. And this time for real.

"Sorry I'm late," Owen apologized. "I got lost at the mall. I wanted to buy some socks for Mobius. I thought, how cool would that be if he had socks with little jet skis on them. You know, socks of his free will under his TVA suit." 

And Tom's smile became even wider.

Because what could you do when Owen told you, in his typical singsong voice, that he'd bought socks for his acting role. 

"I mean, I knew they wouldn't really have socks with jet skis on them," Owen went on, "but I found something similar. The kind with little waves on them...and beaches... and suns.. stuff like that."

God, Owen's devotion for Mobius hit Tom right in his heart and he was so speechless about that, he only managed to say, "That's ... so ... cool."

"Anyway," Owen handed him a small package, "I got these for you."

Tom felt like a stupid teenager, unable to cope to get a present from his high school crush, so again he ran out of words: "Thanks... Owen." 

"Happy birthday, man!" Owen hugged him and patted him on the shoulder. "Thirty-nine! How does that feel, huh?"

"Well, right now I feel better because you're here." And because Tom didn't know what that sounded like, he hastily added. "You being even a full decade older than me." 

"Well," Owen raised his eyebrows in understanding, "it's all a matter of maturity."

And Tom had to admit that Owen was right. 

Back in 2010 when they were filming Midnight in Paris Tom thought of Owen as a lovable great guy… but now… there was something else to it. Now he thought Owen was really attractive. Even with that mustache. Or maybe just because of it. Tom wasn't so sure about that. But he was afraid to think about it too long, so he looked at the little package Owen had given him. 

"So what's this?" 

Owen signaled him to unwrap it. 

So he did. And he really had to laugh out loud as he held a pair of socks with avocados in his hands. "Socks! You bought me socks, too!"

Owen grinned. "Yeah, I thought they might go with that nice jogging outfit of yours and make it even fancier, you know!"

"I'll bet, Owen," Tom laughed. "I'll bet."

And because he was so glad Owen was here, and that Owen had bought socks for Mobius and given him this sweet gift, he hugged Owen, even though they had just hugged. 

"Thank you, Owen."  

And maybe he hugged him a second too long, but it was his birthday, so he dared. 

When they parted again, Owen looked at him with those sparkling eyes that Tom loved so much.

"So, you've got to come to Maui sometime. There are like 200 different kinds of avocados there. Big ones like this!" Owen showed him the size, "and the Kahalu'u ... that's the best one." And he made a face like he was tasting something delicious.

Tom smiled to himself.

Because he realized that now it was exactly how he wanted it to be.

Talking and laughing with Owen on his birthday.

His party finally had begun. 

*

#hiddlewow #widdlewow #tom hiddleston/owen wilson #tom hiddleston/ owen wilson #lokius #loki tv series #rpf #loki fanfic #tom hiddleston #owen wilson #part2 #chapter2 #the fool on the hill

[amarriageoftrueminds]

How do you cope with Steve's completely out of character actions in Endgame? And by coping I mean have you ever tried to come up with some kind of logical explanation not to justify, but at least to try to explain them? Because it's been two years since Endgame came out and I'm still wracking my mind about certain scenes, trying to come up with a logical explanation for all of them. For example, the one at the very beginning where they're going to space to kill Thanos and Steve had to look, of all things, at that goddamned compass (I've never held so much contempt for an inanimate object); again, during that therapy session meant for people who lost loved ones in the Snap, and he just went and talked about Peggy, and I want to know, why? Or him telling Natasha that maybe "it doesn't need to be done" and how is that actually Steve Rogers? And I'm not even going to talk about the ending, because well... I don't think they'll ever retcon that ending, but if they do I'm rooting for the Skrull theory.

Oh, I forgot to say, I'm not talking about the deliberate writing choices, I'm talking more from a fictional standpoint.

How do I cope-

Tbh I don’t? 

I never understood why fans could go so mental over certain directors (all this fuss about whatsisface and Star Wars, for example). Until Endgame. 

I’ve never left a cinema before feeling like I hated one of my favourite characters, re-evaluating everything they’ve done before as if maybe I’d misread them and they’d been a douchebag all along. It was absolutely gutting in a way that shocked me. 

So I just don’t watch it; Steve’s isn’t the only character assassinated, after all. Thor’s portrayal was actually nasty (I’m not a fan of Ragnarok either, for how much it took the piss of or destroyed; I want Asgard back!) And there’s a scene where Tony is asked to save trillions of lives and he just says no?! WTF?? Steve giving Sam the shield was the only thing it did right and even that frankly, as we’ve seen in FATWS, was a poison chalice. 

.

BUT

you didn't ask how shitty I think it is (we ain’t got all day) you asked how I'd explain it so:

Some possibilities... 

.

1. Steve is a Skrull. 

Steve had a breakdown after Infinity War but still didn’t want to be seen to let his remaining friends down so he hired and trained a skrull to imitate him. Maybe he went to live somewhere else, maybe he put himself into cryo. This opens up the problems of how he know what a skrull is, and how he made one imitate him. 

Maybe it wasn’t Steve himself who hired them but someone else? Fury? Or maybe someone else kidnapped Steve, shut him into a cryo unit, and put the skrull in his place, with a view to abusing Steve’s power in the snapped world... 

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2. Steve is some other supersoldier wearing a Steve nanomask.

Again, hired to impersonate Steve for some reason and not very good at it and raises the question of why.

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and my personal fave:

3. Steve is Loki. 

Ours isn’t the universe in which we beat Thanos.

In our universe, Steve turns to dust along with half the world. 

But, all the wizardly timelines show that the Snap can only be undone, and the stones restored to their rightful places, by a team which includes Steve. 

So...

While he is fixing timelines with the Time Police or whatever they're called, Loki is tasked with imitating Steve to make sure events go as they’re supposed to with Thanos, the second time around. 

This begins by inserting Loki-Steve into the first Thanos battle in Wakanda, immediately after Our-Steve dusted, while everyone is disorientated, and in such a way that nobody notices the switch. 

The Time Police Or Whatever They're Called give Loki a copy of everything Steve’s ever said, but he only skims it and so only has a very superficial basic idea of who Steve really is. To do his job Loki isn’t allowed to abuse Steve’s power, and since he isn’t a Steve fan at all this results in a Steve who seems unusually apathetic and self-centered and doesn’t connect with anyone else who’s gone through the Snap because Loki himself didn’t. 

This means that during the time heist, in 2012, there were two Lokis.

BUT, like all good plots

There's a Twist!

You remember how 2012!Loki briefly impersonated Steve to make fun of him, before Thor put the gag on him?

What if he did it again? 

What if: 

2012 Loki stole the tesseract from the lobby, disappeared, got the gag off, and then reappeared elsewhere in Stark Tower because -- like the 2023 time-thieves -- he wanted to go and get the mind-stone scepter for himself. 

He knew everyone trusts Captain America, so he took on Steve’s form. 

And he was wandering around upstairs (where 2012 Steve shouldn’t have been since he was supposed to be out in the streets helping with clean up), when he bumped into... 

2023 Steve... 

Who was also Loki. 

2012-Loki loses the fight because 2023-Loki has the scepter and 2012 can’t give away that he has the tesseract. 

After being knocked out, 2012-Loki wakes up, and uses the tesseract to take off before he can be caught again. 

(But then he is caught by the Time Police Or Whatever They're Called and told or forced to badly-impersonate Steve on and off for five years.) 

2023-Loki-Steve and 2023-Tony go back in time to the 1970s to get the Tesseract. Because he’s Loki, he also sneaks a bunch of extra Pym Particles for himself. 

When Bruce snaps his fingers and brings everyone back, that includes Our-Steve. 

During the confusion created by Thanos’ arrival and nuking of the Avengers HQ, 2023-Loki briefly pulls Our-Steve into an alternate timeline. 

There he explains to Steve what he needs to do: including shaving his beard 😩  , cutting his hair, switching his Nomad costume for his OG Steve get-up, and then going into battle against Thanos. 

He also explains that he has been whanging on about Peggy and that he stole extra Pym-Particles so no one will be surprised if Steve were to- say -disappear back in time. 

Then they nip back to 2023, where our Steve slips into step beside a clueless Tony and Thor.

So the Steve in the awesome kickass portal battle is our Steve, from Wakanda. 

This is why he is able to wield Mjolnir and Stormbreaker.

The Steve on the time-platform is also our Steve, but is half-assedly acting out the shitty ending Loki arranged for him because he's decided he does want to disappear and retire.

And the old-Steve who gave Sam the shield is our Steve who used the half-developed time-heist suit to age himself up, before then reverting back to his proper age.

(Bucky, of course, was in on all this, and pointed out that if Steve were really from the future he would probably be wearing a wedding ring. This is how he and Steve accidentally get engaged.)

Loki sneaks up to New Asgard, where he impersonates Valkyrie; so he can spend a bit of quality time with his brother -- only for Thor to declare him (as Valkyrie) King and announce he's off on a spacetrip.

So Loki goes back to the Time Police Or Whatever They're Called, mission accomplished.

Or does he...?

#long post #antiendgame #meta #headcanon #hey nonny #toAyourQ #endgame steve is a skrull #...OR IS HE??? #stuckbunny #🤔 #ask cat they said she'll give you a nice concise sensible answer they said #(no they didn't) #and the 'steve kissing peggy' shot we saw #was like the Story According to Luis montages from the ant-man movies: #the story they told // not what actually happened

[loveroflokiforpoeticjustice]

ScreenRant Misinterpreting and Not Understanding Loki as a Character.

Disclaimer: I really do not like ScreenRant. This just happened to catch my eye. If you like ScreenRant skip this.

10/10

"Unrealistic Survival"

During the final moments of Thor: The Dark World, Loki became impaled and passed away in the strong arms of loving brother Thor. Dead? Not really. He was back in Thor: Ragnarok. Apparently, that was just one of Loki's holograms and the villain himself was very much okay. However, recent history in the MCU proves that he holograms cannot be touched. In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor even failed in his attempt to throw a rock at Loki’s hologram. But in the death scene, Thor just happens to be holding him comfortably. And given that rocks go right through a hologram, then any other hologram shouldn't have been stabbed either.

"Loki became impaled and passed away in the strong arms of loving brother Thor." I threw up in my mouth. I am going to repeat myself. Thor is not loving. Please stop calling him this. (Post regarding this)

They are not "holograms" they're illusions. A hologram is technology; Loki is not using technology he is using magic.

Why do they only reference Thor: Ragnarok? Loki has used illusions in Thor 1, Avengers 1 and this movie!

"Comfortably"? That's how they describe the scene? They're on the ground, and Loki is bleeding from his chest! How is that comfortable?

On another note, this is correct. How Loki survived does not make sense. I am not suggesting he faked it. This is just an example of Marvel skipping over important information.

9/10

"Poor Attempt At Trying To Kill Thanos"

Before he was made to look incompetent by Thanos, Loki was a very intelligent villain. Catching and defeating him wasn't easy, and this was all thanks (ScreenRant Typo: takes) to his ability to create illusions at will. He used this trick very many times and it always worked. But when Loki is trying to kill Thanos in Infinity War, the only trick up his sleeve is pretending to pledge loyalty to the Mad Titan with secret intentions of stabbing him with a blade. Of course, Thanos stopped him and killed him. Why didn't Loki use a smarter trick? More importantly, why didn't he use his tried and tested illusion trick?

Now they call them illusions.

Please do not completely villain code Loki. He is more than that.

"Before he was made to look incompetent by Thanos" Yes, this scene made Loki look incompetent.

This is a great point. Why did Loki do that? Loki has tons of abilities even outside casting illusions. His IQ is 265, and he pulls this move?! Why?! This not redemption and this not a honorable death. What happened?

8/10

"His Evolution Into A God"

According to the MCU, Loki's parents are the Frost Giants Farbauti and Laufey. Despite his parents not being gods, Loki evolves into the “God of Mischief.” How is this possible, given that he was only adopted by Asgardian parents who were gods, but he himself had no god lineage?

I had to look into this because Frigga is a terrible mother. This is actually something the MCU got wrong. Laufey in Norse Mythology is actually Loki's mother, and Farbauti is Loki's father. Laufey (mother) also goes by the name Nál. Nál was actually considered as goddess of youth and playfulness who also really enjoyed nature. It also says that she was a frost giant, so she could have possibly been a shapeshifter. Her bio is kind of all over the place, and though I have read Norse Mythology, I am no expert. BUT this is something that the MCU should work to clear up. Not me a fan.

7/10

"Blue Hue"

As the son of a Frost Giant, Loki was born with a blue skin tone. When Odin adopted him, he cast a spell that changed his tone from blue to white. However, Loki never seems to have an idea about his true skin color. Given his history of mischief, he has never attempted to change back either. After, Odin’s spell to keep Hela far from Asgard ended in Thor: Ragnarok, his spell on Loki ought to have ended too. Or perhaps Loki has always been aware that he is blue. If so, then the confusion ought to be cleared up.

"Given his history of mischief" What history? Someone explain. If they are talking about the snake story I'm suing. And that doesn't even count since it technically did not happen.

"Or perhaps Loki has always been aware that he is blue." Clearly who ever wrote this did not watch Thor 1. If they did I hope they have a good explanation for this comment.

This also goes along with 8/10 that Loki could possibly be at least 50% Æsir (Asgardian).

6/10

"Mind-Controlling Hawkeye Instead Of Fury"

Loki found himself in the S.H.I.E.L.D. base after using the Tesseract’s portal to transport himself. One of his first tasks involves mind-controlling Hawkeye so that he can use him as security. He also mind-controls Dr. Selvig to make him create the Chitauri portal. But it's strange that he doesn't mind-control the boss ,Nick Fury. If he had done that, everything he wanted would have been achieved more easily. Fury would have been his puppet and he could have used him to make the Avengers make regrettable decisions.

Although minor this is a good point. My only explanation is that Loki may not have been thinking clearly. Especially since judging by the way he looks in the scene, he's evidently sick.

5/10

Thanos Was Too Lenient Towards Him

Long before they became enemies. Loki and Thanos were associated. One of the instructions that Thanos gave Loki was to get the Tesseract as soon as possible, or else. Yes, there were stipulations from Thanos outlined to Loki by The Other. Loki was promised a kind of pain he'd never known before. However, Loki wasn't able to deliver the Tesseract for more than six years, and nothing really happened to him. Given how ruthless the Mad Titan is, it's a mystery why he was so lenient towards Loki.

"Long before they became enemies. Loki and Thanos were associated." When was this? If by "associated" you mean tortured for a year than...sure. I am also confused for why they say "associated", and then talk about him being tortured later in the same paragraph.

Just going by the MCU, Thanos was also looking for the other infinity stones, so he probably figured he would get Loki later.

4/10

Stopping Agent Coulson

During Loki's invasion of Earth in Avengers, he trapped Thor in a cage, and while he was talking to his brother, Agent Coulson tried to stage a surprise attack. Not so fast Coulson. It appears the God Of Mischief is also the God Of Anticipating. Coulson ended up shooting a hologram instead of the real Loki. But how exactly was Loki able to anticipate Coulson's arrival? Can he see the near future? If such is the case, why didn't he see the attack from Hulk coming? Why didn't he use a hologram during the beatdown that left him in a pretty bad state either?

Again with the "holograms"? Seriously!

This is also minor, but all I have to say is that it is difficult so sneak up on, or scare Loki. In the scene prior Natasha did it, and he didn't really react. He may have used a clone as a protection method, since he probably suspected that someone would come once everyone was alerted he had escaped.

3/10

"Hatred For Thor"

Thor has always cared about Loki, but Loki has always wanted to end his brother. During the events of Thor: Ragnarok, a flashback scene showed Thor and Loki during their childhood days. Apparently, Loki did plenty of bad things to Thor. He once transformed Thor into a frog, while he also transformed himself into a snake to fool Thor into picking him up. Thor loved snakes, so when he tried to pick the reptile, Loki transformed back to himself and stabbed Thor. Why was there so much hatred? According to the first movie, Loki used to love Thor. He only started hating his brother when he found out that Thor was going to be the Asgardian king.

This argument is so poor I shed tears. I have a whole essay of why this all of this wrong here. But I'll give you a summary.

"Thor has always cared about Loki" This is not true. The only time Thor has expressed care for Loki is when he is gaslighting him and for 5 minutes after he "dies". "During the events of Thor: Ragnarok, a flashback scene showed Thor and Loki during their childhood days. Apparently, Loki did plenty of bad things to Thor. He once transformed Thor into a frog, while he also transformed himself into a snake to fool Thor into picking him up. Thor loved snakes, so when he tried to pick the reptile, Loki transformed back to himself and stabbed Thor." Plenty? This is two. Like I said prior, and at the beginning if the post I linked, the snake story logically did not happen. This scene is also improvised.

"According to the first movie, Loki used to love Thor. He only started hating his brother when he found out that Thor was going to be the Asgardian king." Loki has never hated Thor. (I really do not understand why though.) When Loki found out Thor was going to be king, he was the only person (even though everyone knew it was a bad idea, and I mean everyone) willing to stop Thor. Thor was not ready. This was not an act hatred but of love, acknowledgement, and honest will. Again, whomever wrote this evidently did not watch Thor 1.

2/10

Takeover Plan

Still, in the first film, Loki began scheming after finding out that he was adopted and he'd never become king. The God of Mischief assisted the Frost Giants in gaining entry to Asgard so that he could destroy the Frost Giant King Laufey before he could kill Odin. Sounds good, but then Thor tried to feud with the Frost Giants too, and this didn't turn out so well for him. In fact, Thor was banished and dispatched to Earth because of this. It is thus strange that Loki thought Odin would like him for doing what Thor had done. Loki also waited for Odin to sleep first before trying to destroy Laufey. Wouldn't it have been better for him to try and do this while Odin was awake?

Wow. This person did not watch the movie. They couldn't have.

"It is thus strange that Loki thought Odin would like him for doing what Thor had done." Loki did not do what Thor did. This is what Thor did. His coronation was interrupted, so he went to Jotunheim to "learn why" the Jotuns had attacked. They reach Jotunheim after everyone around Thor tells him it is a bad idea (note, this after Odin his father told him no), effectively committing treason. Laufey calls Thor princess, and Thor loses it. This breaks the "peace treaty" and starts a war. Asgard nor Odin are in a good state for war. By doing this, Thor has put all of Asgard in danger. Now what Loki did. Loki let Laufey into Asgard as a trick to kill him. Why this is different. The war had already started. Thor's "banishment" (and Frigga's terrible parenting) left Loki to stop the war. Loki kills Laufey and as a result the Jotuns no longer have a leader. The rest of the plan is to wipe out Jotunheim to ensure the Jotuns didn't invade, take over, and possibly destroy Asgard.

"Wouldn't it have been better for him to try and do this while Odin was awake?" No it would not. We see later in the franchise that if you are Loki, you can follow the Asgardian way and get severely punished for it. (*cough* Thor: Dark World *cough*) Odin does wake up at the end of the movie, and he just ends up being Loki's tipping point, causing Loki to attempt to kill himself.

1/10

Not Teaming Up With Hela

Loki and Odin’s abandoned daughter Hela had the same goals, but strangely enough, they didn't team up to make everything go smoothly. Given the kind of unity Loki had seen from the Avengers, he'd have been smarter enough to value teamwork more. When Hela arrived to take the throne and get revenge, Loki ought to have been the first person on her side. Her plan was basically a newer, small-scale version of his own plan in Avengers. Given his nature, it could have been more logical for him to team up with her then destroy her.

If you...do not...know anything...about Loki...DO NOT MAKE POSTS ABOUT HIM, PLEASE. What the heck is this?! I see why who ever wrote this has a job under ScreenRant. I really do. This is irrelevant.

"Loki and Odin’s abandoned daughter Hela had the same goals" What "goals" were those. Loki's goal was to impress Odin. Hela was trying to basically return Asgard back to "normal". "Normal" is explained later as being a consistent state of war and conquering .

"When Hela arrived to take the throne and get revenge, Loki ought to have been the first person on her side." Why?

"Her plan was basically a newer, small-scale version of his own plan in Avengers." Loki was being mind controlled, had been previously tortured, and was fresh out of a cult he had been in for a year! That doesn't count! Hela, who also has valid reasoning, is upset that her biological father cast her out (like Thor) for being too much like him.

"Given his nature, it could have been more logical for him to team up with her then destroy her." This person doesn't know Loki's nature evidently, since they are skipping over the fact that Loki kept Asgard safe from war for 4 years. So, no he would not team up with her since their views for Asgard are completely different.

Gosh, I hate ScreenRant.

#I hate ScreenRant #People do not know Loki's character #thor ragnarok #thor the dark world #thor 1 #avengers #frigga's b+ parenting #odin's a+ parenting #Thor's a terrible sibling #Loki #MCU

[worstloki]

Loki: I have to go feed my Tesseract

Thor: ...you don’t have the Tesseract

Loki: They moved in last week. Here’s a picture

Thor: Loki, that’s... that’s a human person.

Loki, nodding solemnly: my Tesseract

#okay so that joke about having a cat but its actually chat noir or black panther except its loki and the tesseract #because I'm still all for the Tesseract as a person idea and the Tesseract is a they who changes whenever they feel like it #watch Tony visit Loki to see what he's up to and then bump into this 6''10' lanky guy who has eyes that occasionally glow #oh and the skin can switch between tesseract blue or human skin (the tone changes on any given day) so loki aint the only blue one around #watch Tony visit Loki another day and bump into a 5'4'' lady who also has blue glowy skin or eyes #watch Tony visit again and bump into a 5'7'' maybe-a-gal-maybe-a-guy-? who also has their eyes glow when they smile #watch as Tony slowly gets convinced that Loki is either (a) hiding a bunch of these aliens for an invasion (b) has a blue-person kink #in fact watch as Loki leaves the room upon finding out the movie he was invited to watch is about blue people (avatar) #he spends half an hour in the bathroom sobbing and with every passing minute Tony is just more convinced he's right #watch as Tony convinces himself that Loki is hooking up with a different blue alien person every day and just to make sure he asks Thor #Thor can confirm Loki and the blue person sleep in the same room and that Loki only has 1 bed so Tony draws the 'logical conclusion' #and no Tony isn't jealous but watch as he fruitlessly tries convincing the Tesseract to sleep with him too without knowing theyre one person #since the Tesseract and Loki are friends and interact the most with each other Tony assumes 'Tessie' and 'Tess' are alien sweet talk #The Tesseract is recounting Tony's attempts at flirting to Loki and they go to sleep happy #''dont you want to be ... my Tessie?'' ''May I beg your pardon?'' ''I can be your Tess if you'll be my Tessie ;)'' ''goodbye'' #watch as the nonbinary shapeshifting Tesseract and ace genderfluid shapeshifting Loki slowly drive Tony insane #loki x tesseract where the tesseract is totally a night light #isnt it a shame that the closest canon thing loki has to a friend is the tesseract of all things?? WRONG!! this is an opportunity #the comedic potential of assumed heterosexuality WILL be squandered by me #watch as the Tesseract learns to exist without someone commanding them to teleport/shapeshift and Loki learns to exist because he wants to #watch as the both of them learn to exist as individuals for themselves #while convincing EVERYONE in the vicinity that Loki is sleeping with enough blue glowy aliens to invade the planet #Ace Loki #asexual loki #LokiIsAceAU #OH #I also want to say that this same scenario can work if Loki is pansexual / something else and I'm not trying to erase any existing sexuality #as a headcanon you could totally interpret it any way you want and the fact that I'm personally hcing Loki as ace #I really hope I'm not offending anyone with this #if anyone is offended I'd be happy to write up a few specific headcanons for other sexualities too?

[veliseraptor]

Two questions! Why were you drawn to the character of Steve Rogers (who I adore!)? He just doesn't seem like your typical kind of fav. My second question is because I'm watching Avengers rn. Do you think Loki's plan was to fail? Since no matter which way things ended up it meant bad news for him?

let’s go with a blast from the past this acceptable monday morning!

it’s very true that Steve is not my Usual Type (like, at all) but I do every once in a while have a soft spot for heroic types who are kinda fucked up but also trying very hard and I think that’s where Steve hits. like, boy is low-key (not so low-key) a traumatized mess but he’s trying so hard to do good anyway, and he has the experience of having been powerless for most of his early life (most of his life) behind him that gives him a very personal sense of what that’s like.

and there’s...hmmm okay I did write a post about this at some point, though I don’t think I’ll be able to dig it up again. basically it was saying that while I do love my absolute disaster fuck-ups full of murder and rage and a thirst for violence, I also do...yeah, I have a place for characters who make me feel like there’s, idk, good in the world, or whatever. (yes! they aren’t real. whatever.)

this is also I think part of why I love Xie Lian so much - it’s the idea of people who have gone through hell and continue to make a concerted effort to be kind and help others.

as to your second question re: Loki - I think, as with most things Loki, that it’s complicated, but usually what I come down with is “Loki knew he was incredibly likely to fail and that probably nothing was going to end well for him and there was no real way out, but he was still trying to thread the needle anyway - to wriggle through any space he could find between the Thanos rock and the Earth authorities hard place (and the Asgard third place) in order to get something for himself. I think he was frantic, desperate, running on fumes, and not thinking terribly clearly, but I do think he was trying to find a good way out. didn’t really believe he’d find one or pull it off, but he wanted to. 

on some level Loki knew he was screwed. but he refuses to just let that be. he will at least try to get something for himself out of this absolute shit of a situation.

I think there’s sort of a cascading list of possible plans for that, first among them, obviously, just straight up victory and somehow (???) getting independence from Thanos’s leash.

but ultimately...in Tear My Castle Down Loki articulates out loud what he knew all along after his defeat:

“What would you have done?” Steve asked abruptly. Loki’s eyebrows pulled together, and Steve clarified, “if you’d...won. Beaten us. Conquered the Earth.”

Loki looked away. “As I didn’t, the hypothetical seems irrelevant.”

“I’m just curious,” Steve said. “Did you have some kind of plan? For afterwards?” Loki said nothing, staring straight ahead.

“I wouldn’t have,” he said suddenly, voice quiet. Steve frowned.

“Wouldn’t have what?”

“Won.” Loki’s lips twisted very slightly before smoothing out again. “Even had I managed to take control of your planet - a more complicated task than I would have expected, given your lack of centralized power - there are, or were, three probable outcomes.” He ticked them off on his fingers. “One: the Chitauri turned on me, killed me, and razed your world to the ground. Two: Asgard intervened by sending an army in force. It would take longer, and perhaps I could have preempted it by attempting to invade Asgard using the Tesseract, but it would have been a doomed enterprise. Three: some combination of one and two. Or, I suppose, four: one of your people eventually got lucky and assassinated me.”

he knew all that going in. he was just setting it aside out of pure desperate hope that maybe he’d be wrong.

#aggressively headcanons #loki's a goddamn mess #oh captain my captain #mcu content? on my blog? it still happens sometimes! #anonymous #conversating

[fullmarvelheart]

Monsters & Pancakes

Pairing: Avengers x Enhanced!OFC

Word Count: 2,462

Warnings: Swearing, mentions of death and familial loss.

A/N: Welcome to Chapter 3! I hope you all enjoy the story as well as the characters! Image is not my own. All rights go to the original creator.  Sorry this took so long to get out! I hope you enjoy reading it!

Series Masterlist

I slowly begin to wake and curl more into the couch. My body feels less heavy than it usually does, more alert. That alone has me feeling uneasy before I realize I'm on my couch... not my bed.

I shoot up in terror knowing fully well that he did something to me, that Loki made me pass out. Though, the fast movement throws me off balance and I end up tumbling to the floor. While pushing myself up with a groan, I hear hurried footsteps rush towards me on the floor.

"What in Odin's name are you doing on the floor?" He chides somewhere behind me.

"What did you do to me?" I sneer while turning towards his voice.

"Just a simple sleeping incantation." He tells me while nonchalantly crossing his arms.

"Why?" I growl while forcing myself to stand. He sighs while rolling his eyes.

"For one, I was brought, somehow, to this place, against my will might I add. So, my trust in you was not and is not very high. Another reason I kept you asleep, after I explored to make sure it was safe, was because it appeared that you needed it." He explains in a very frustrated tone. I take a deep breath.

"I guess we're even then." He looks at me curiously. "Both being kidnapped by the other..." I elaborate.

"Not quite..." He states while I cock an eyebrow. "Your name... I still do not know it."

I sigh while trying to run a hand through my very knotted dirty-blond hair.

"People call me 'Saddie'." I tell him while walking to my room to retrieve my brush.

"You didn't answer my question." He huffs.

"Yes, I did." The retort comes out more bitter than intended but I don't care to change it.

"I asked for your name, not a nickname. I told you my name without the added titles."

"'Of Asgard' isn't an added title?" He groans at the sarcastic remark while I carefully brush the wavy tresses.

"Your name?" He asks again, though annoyed.

I sigh, not wanting to say it out loud.

"No need to tell me, you just did." He chuckles darkly from the hallway.

"What?!" I yell.

"Don't worry, Sadira, I think it's a very unique name." I feel my face grow hot with anger and notice the lightbulbs starting to flicker.

I storm out of my room only to spot him standing frozen in the hallway, staring at the flickering bulbs.

"Do NOT use that name!" He turns around to face me quickly. "And stop reading my DAMN MIND!" I scream.

He holds his hands up in surrender.

"I give you my word, not to do that again." He tells me.

I scoff.

"I don't know if I believe you."

I brush past him and make my way to the kitchen. I haven't eaten since before I left for work, however long ago that was. As the thought of food crosses my mind, my stomach growls painfully and I resist the urge to groan because of it. God, I want something sweet.

As I begin to prep my meal. I see Loki leaning on the doorway, just observing.

"Do you want anything?" I ask, my head deep into the refrigerator.

"Sure." I hear in reply. "As long as you don't poison it." I half-chuckle.

"You never know..."

I begin to pull ingredients together and place them on the counter.

"Why did you teleport into the middle of the street?" I ask while focused on the food in front of me.

"Huh?"

"Well, you suddenly appear on Earth in the very early morning, looking very upset or unnerved for whatever reason, and then appear to want to blend in. Seeing as you're wearing... what do you call it... ah, Midgardian clothes, instead of what looked like a cape when I first saw you. It looks to me like you're on the run." I explain.

"You saw that?"

"I saw everything. The beam that brought you here and everything that followed until you spotted me." I say, while waving a spatula around as I talk.

"But why did you think I was on the run? Maybe you are yourself." My eyes snap up to meet his. "You have nothing personal in here. No pictures of family... friends, no images at all. Not even a plant." He pries while moving closer to me.

"Because I have none."

"What?"

"I have no friends or family." I growl while tightly gripping onto the spatula.

I move my eyes back onto the food I'm preparing in order to prevent the tears in my eyes from spilling. And I try so hard as to push them back.

"Now, are you on the run?" I ask through gritted teeth.

"In a sense... Yes. Are they actively looking for me? No. No harm will come to you because of it."

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in at his explanation.

"Who are you hiding from?" He asks, carefully.

"Too many people to list." I chuckle darkly as I put the mixture into a pan. "Mainly HYDRA though. Unfortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't been able to completely rid the world of them." I grumble.

"Ugh, S.H.I.E.L.D." He grunts with such distaste.

"I take it you've encountered them." I state while looking at him from the corner of my eye.

He hums in acknowledgement while I flip the item in the pan.

"Well I haven't, but I'm grateful for them nonetheless. If it wasn't for S.H.I.E.L.D, HYRDA would still have me. And I don't want to imagine the horrors that would come from that."

I begin to plate what I had prepared before washing and cutting up some strawberries.

"What is your favorite fruit?" I ask faintly.

"What?"

"Do you have a favorite fruit?" I ask again, though slightly annoyed.

"No, none that I know from Midgard." He says, very confused.

I hum while taking a can of whipped cream from the fridge.

After stacking two pancakes, I drizzle the cut strawberries on top before adding a spiral of whipped cream and a drizzle of maple syrup. I pass the finished plate to him along with a fork and knife before doing the same to my plate. I walk to the fridge and put all the ingredients away, but not before spraying some of the cream into my mouth.

I look back at Loki and notice he wears a disgusted expression.

"What? My house, my rules. And besides, it's for good luck." I defend while stabbing my fork into a piece of a pancake.

He scoffs but says nothing. I shake my head and continue eating. My thoughts begin to wander to all the events that occurred today, when I gasp.

Loki gives me a strange look as I run over to the living room and turn the TV on the first news station I find. The Q-Ship is still being played all over each network with the headlines reading "Attack on New York City". Various "experts" talk and give their predictions of what it means or what's going to happen. I scowl at the stupidity of those so-called "experts". The really have NO idea what the hell is going on.

Tony Stark's face shows up on the screen as the title reads "Missing". I hope that he's still alive, still in the fight. I know we'll need him. I mean, they'll need him.

Hpmh "we'll"...?

I am NOT getting involved in this anymore.

The image then changes to Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw giving their oh-so nauseating "rejoice because of our presence" speech. I growl at their faces immediately causing the TV and the lights to begin to flicker.

"You know the Black Order." It's not a question but a statement. I turn to face Loki who has an uncertain look on his face.

I sigh, but say nothing to confirm or deny before looking back at the TV. What's the point? The answer is already known.

"Saddie... How do you know them?" He says inching closer to me. I can feel the spike of his heart-rate, I can feel his fear as if it was my own. Though, some of it is my own fear too.

"I guess that's who you're running from." I half-heartedly say with a chuckle. Though, I'm not even sure I'm correct.

"How do you know Thanos?" He asks slowly, cautiously, scared of a reaction. My reaction.

And he should be, because at the mention of his name, I begin to shake uncontrollably.

"Please... Please, don't. You don't want to know." I croak, shutting my eyes from the new tears in my eyes pushing to be set free.

Before either of us can do anything, the screen changes to "Possible Alien Attack in Scotland".

"Now why the hell would they go to Scotland?" I ponder out-loud with tears still rimming my eyes.

My eyes widen in slight fear before I pivot to face Loki.

"When was the last time you faced the Black Order?" I question quickly, harshly brushing off the lone tear that fell.

He flinches from my sudden actions, but remains silent.

"You're running from Thanos and his children. What happened to cause you to run?" I push because I need to know. If this is what I think it is, I'm not safe anymore, no one is.

Still there is silence...

"Tell me!" I scream at him.

His face scrunches briefly before he sighs.

"The day I arrived on Midgard. Ragnarok happened to my realm, Asgard. Me and my brother, Thor, we escaped with our people. Then Thanos arrived, he wanted the Tesseract. Inside was one of the six Infinity Stones. They're-"

"I know what they are. But did you just give one of the stones to him?! Why would you even consider that?!" It can't be the same Thor as... No, no it's just a similar name. Focus Saddie!

"I didn't! Not at first! He already had one! He had the Power Stone, and he had my brother! And he was torturing him for the stone! You have no idea what that's like. To bargain for the life of someone you care about!" His words send a dagger to my heart and I feel the burn of tears in my eyes again.

"I have every idea what that is like! That is why I have no family left!" I scream, the lights start flickering again.

Silence envelops the room again except for our raging breaths slowly calming down from our shouting.

"Balance... That's what he calls it. Where there is an entire population, Thanos will leave half. Two planets in a system, one remains untouched. Two siblings..." I trail off and only one tear rolls down my cheek. "You were the sibling that should have died... weren't you?" My voice soft with sadness and understanding.

He says nothing, he doesn't need to.

"You need to tell your brother you're alive." I say choking back a sob.

"What? I can not simply do that! You have no ide-"

"STOP SAYING THAT! I lost my twin sister because of that monster!" I scream. "I am in your brother's shoes. I mourn the loss of my sister everyday! I blame myself! He needs to know, he needs to know you're still alive!" The tears have been rolling in uncontrollable waves down my face before I inhale a deep breath and exhale, slowly willing myself to calm down.

"There are more Infinity Stones on Earth... That is the only possible explanation for his presence here." I reason while the tears slow.

I kneel down and extend my palm on the ground. Reaching my power outward, I let myself connect to the Earth. It's over-powering and extremely painful to do because of my limited practice, but I persist.

"What are you-"

I let myself slip into the feel of the world, the magnitude of power it possesses, but I feel it. One form of power that exists above all else on this planet. The only Infinity Stone on Earth. I gasp, call back my abilities, and fall backwards. The power surges, then every electric source in my house flickers to black. I sit in the dark silence as I still can feel the stone somewhere in New York, somewhere close by. The power goes back on and I turn to a stunned Loki.

Tapping into the city's power supply, I try to recharge my energy as quickly as I can before sitting up, and pushing past the annoying man in my living room.

"Where are you going?" He calls out as I throw the door open to my room.

"There's an Infinity Stone still on Earth. Either the Black Order, or Thanos will be there. I'm going." I tell him as I drag a chest from under my bed.

"What?! Are you mad?!"

"Possibly..." I mutter to him as I throw the lid open.

Possibly? Try undeniably!

Yeah, I'm so not getting involved in this... dammit.

Inside the chest various knives, daggers, and even my bo-staff lie waiting to be used. Most of the metals are specifically designed for me by the Mad Titan himself. Smiling to myself at the comfort my weapons bring, I use my power to throw Loki out of the room and shut the door. After locking it, I begin to change, but not into one of the garbs I wore while my sister was still alive.

Instead, I slip on the suit HYDRA had made for me before I escaped. It's a navy catsuit that almost resembles Black Widow's own one. I zip it up to my neck then pull on black lace-up boots and my black fingerless gloves. I arm myself to the teeth with several small knives, four daggers (the two largest, from my time with HYDRA, rest on my thighs), and the bo-staff that extends into my favorite duel-bladed weapon.

Sealing the chest back up and returning it under my bed, I unlock and open the door to which Loki stumbles in. Apparently, leaning on the door was smart. A very, very, smart idea indeed.

He scoffs at my thoughts when he regains his composure. Though, I recall telling him not to read my mind anymore, I have more important things to do than to yell at him. Instead, I settle for an eye roll.

Looking me up and down as I place my long hair into a high ponytail, his mouth hangs open as he stares. I ignore the goosebumps that erupt under his gaze. Wow, do I need more male interaction or what? Mentally chastising myself, I clear my throat, bringing his attention back to me, or to my eyes.

"Please don't do anything destructive while I'm gone." I practically beg before teleporting away.

Chapter 4

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Duke Reviews: Captain America: The First Avenger

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where We Are Continuing Our Look At The Marvel Cinematic Universe...

Where Today We Are Looking At The First Movie With The First Avenger, Captain America...

When I Saw The Trailer For This Movie, I Had No Idea Who Captain America Was, I Had Seen The Original Movie With Matt Sallenger When I Was Younger But I Had Absolutely No Memory About It Whatsoever And After Watching The Nostalgia Critic's Review Of It, I'm Glad I Don't...

So I Went To The Comics And Bought An Omnibus Of Captain America Comics With The First Few Issues, And I Liked It To The Point I Couldn't Wait To See The Film In Theatres, However, When I Saw The Captain America Costume I Started To Not Hold Out Much Hope For The Movie As It Didn't Look Like Captain America From The Comics

And The Idea Of The Human Torch Playing Cap Instead Of Someone Who Hasn't Been A Superhero Just Added To That But Luckily, When I Saw The Film I Absolutely Loved It But Is It As Good As I Remember It?...

Let's Find Out As We Watch Captain America: The First Avenger...

The Film Starts In The Arctic, As 2 Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Are Taken To A Ship That Has Been Uncovered By A Russian Oil Team, Lasering Their Way Into The Vessel, The 2 Agents Find The Vessel Iced Over. Discovering What Looks To Be A Red, White And Blue Shield Covered In Ice, One Of The Agents Tries To Contact Nick Fury, Saying That He Has To Know About What They Found...

But Before We Can Find Out, We Go To A Flashback In Norway In The Year 1942, As A Hydra Tank Barges Into A Church, So The Leader Of Hydra, Johann Schmidt (Played By Hugo Weaving) May Enter With Soliders To Find The Tesseract...

(Imitating Agent Smith From The Matrix) Mr. Anderson...

Searching A Tomb, Schmidt Finds Something That Looks Like The Tesseract But As Schmidt Points Out, The Tesseract Was The Jewel Of Odin's Treasure Room And It's Not Something Someone Buries...

Asking The Caretaker Where The Tesseract Is To The Point Of Threatening To Destroy The Entire City, The Man Points To A Big Wooden Wall Carving Of Yggdrasil, The Tree Of The World, Which Is Where Schmidt Finds It...

With The Caretaker Telling Schmidt That He Contol The Power Of The Tesseract And He Will Burn For It, Schmidt Kills The Caretaker Before Walking Out...

Meanwhile In New York, We Go To An Army Enlistment Center Where Steve Rogers (Played By What's Left Of Chris Evans After Playing This Character For Many Movies) Attempts To Join The Army Only To Not Get In Due To His Bad Health..

Going To A Movie Afterwards, Steve Gets Mad At A Guy Who Doesn't Care About The Newsreels And Wants The Cartoons To Roll Which Leads To A Fight Outside Between The 2 Of Them...

Saved By His Best Friend, Bucky Barnes (Played By Sebastian Stan) Who Got Himself Enlisted And Is Shipping Out Tomorrow So, That Night Him And Steve Take 2 Girls (One Being Possibly An Ancestor Of Clara Oswald) To The World Of Tomorrow Expo Where They See A Science Demonstration Done By Howard Stark (Played Here By Dominic Cooper)...

Going To An Army Recruitment Center At The Expo, Bucky Tries To Stop Steve From Enlisting Again (As He's Been Lying On His Enlistment Forms And That's Technically Illegal) But Not Willing To Sit On The Sidelines Anymore, Steve Tells Bucky That He's At Least Got To Try No Matter What The Cost...

Telling His Friend To Be Careful And To Not Do Anything Stupid, Bucky Leaves, Overhearing His Conversation With Bucky, Steve Is Confronted By Dr. Abraham Erskine, A Scientist Who Works For The SSR Who Offers Steve A Chance To Get What He Wants...

Meanwhile At Hydra HQ, Johann Schmidt Has Arnim Zola (Played By Toby Jones) Work On A Machine That Will Transfer The Power Of The Tesseract Into Weaponry For Hydra....

Activating The Machine, Arnim Zola Is Cautious When Raising The Energy For The Transference But Schmidt Is A Patient Man And Places The Machine At Full Power Which Causes A Interesting Effect But It Works...

With The Energy They Have, Zola Tells Schmidt That It Could Not Power All Of His Designs But Change The War As Well As The World...

A Few Days Later At The SSR Base Camp, Steve And A Bunch Of Other Guys Are Briefed By Agent Peggy Carter (Played By Hayley Atwell) And Colonel Phillips (Played By Agent K Himself, Tommy Lee Jones) Who Tell Them About The SSR And How They Will Be Choosing A Man To Be The First In A New Breed Of Super Solider...

Cue The Training Montage!

Well, I'll Admit Steve Isn't Mulan But He Got The Flag!

With Erskine Deciding That Steve Is The Right Man For The Job, Phillips Fights Erskine On It As He Believes That Steve Is A Loser And That A Man Named Hodge Is Better Decision As He Passed All Their Tests, But Looking For Qualities Beyond Physical For This, Phillips Decides To Throw In A Dummy Grenade Which Steve Gladly Takes For His Fellow Soldiers, Saying That He's Still Skinny, Phillips Walks Away...

With The Experiment Happening The Next Day, Erskine Pays Steve A Visit In His Bunk Where He Asks Erskine Why Him? This Leads Erskine To Tell Steve How He Was Recruited By Adolf Hitler Himself To Join The Nazis But Telling Hitler That He's Not Interested, Hitler Instead Sent Schmidt Who Shares A Passion With Hitler For The Occult And Myths...

However Unlike Hitler Who Believes It To Be Fantasy, Schmidt Believes It To Be Real And That There Is Some Great Power Left By The Gods Waiting To Be Seized By Man. Hearing About Erskine's Formula, Schmidt Could Not Resist Taking That Power For Himself, But When Schmidt Took It There Were Unfortunate Side Effects...

Saying That The Formula Amplifies Everything That Is Inside Of The Person, With Good Becoming Great And Evil Becoming Worse, He Says That That Is Why Steve Was Chosen Because A Strong Man Who Has Known Power All Of His Life Will Lose Respect For That Power Where A Weak Man Knows The Value Of Strength And Compassion...

Before Tomorrow, Erskine Has Steve Promise Him One Thing, That He Will Stay Who He Is, Not A Perfect Solider But A Good Man...

Back At Hydra HQ, Schmidt Tells Zola That His Men Have Located Erskine And Tells Zola To Give The Order To Kill Him...

Taking Steve To The SSR's Hideout, Peggy Takes Steve Into A Lab Where The Experiment Will Happen...

Meanwhile At Hydra HQ, Schmidt Is Visited By Some Of Hitler's Generals Which Leads To Him Showing Them The Results Of His Work By Saying That Hydra Is Developing An Arsenal To Destroy Schmidt's Enemies In One Stroke Including Germany, Which Leads To Him Wiping The Generals Out With One His New Weapons...

I Guess We Can Change The Name Of The Musical To Springtime For Red Skull...

With The President Retasking The SSR To Go After Hydra, Steve Wants In But With Erskine's Death, Phillips Considers The Project A Failure As Erskine Promised Them An Army Of Super Soliders And That Just Having Steve Is Not Enough To Win The War.

However, A Senator Believes Different After Both Him And The Country See Steve In Action And Offers Steve Another Opportunity To Serve His Country...By Selling War Bonds....

(Start At 0:22)

And What Can I Say About This? I Absolutely Love It! There's Only One Other Thing That Could Top It And That's If They Played This...

Doing A Performance At An Army Camp That Goes Horribly, Steve Runs Into Peggy Who Reminds Steve That Erskine Wanted Better For Him Than To Just Be A Performing Monkey, Seeing Wounded Soliders Come In From The 107th, Steve Remembers That That Is Bucky's Troop Which Leads Him To Talk With Phillips About If Bucky Survived And Phillips Makes It Look Like He Didn't...

Asking If Phillips Is Planning A Rescue Mission For The Ca, Phillips Tells Steve No As They're 30 Miles Behind Enemy Lines That Are Heavily Fortified And They'd Lose More Men Then They'd Save, But Unable To Accept That Steve Plans A Rescue Mission With The Help Of Peggy And Howard Stark, Who Takes Steve Into Enemy Lines On Board Stark's Airplane...

Parachuting Into Enemy Lines, Steve Boards A Truck That Takes Him Into Hydra Base, Once Inside, Steve Rescues The Missing Soliders Including The Howling Commandos (With Two Of Them Played By Damien Dahrk And Spider-Man's Principal?)...

(Start At 0:31)

With The Soldiers Fighting Hydra And The Base Exploding Around Them, Steve And Bucky Go Up Flights Of Stairs Only To Be Confronted By Schmidt...

(Start At 0:30)

Back At The SSR Camp, It's Believed That Rogers Is Dead But...Yeah, Steve Survived As Well As The Soliders From The 107th Including Bucky...

Meanwhile In Washington, Steve Is About To Get A Medal For Valor By The Senator But Of Course He's Not There...

Stan Lee Cameo!

Returning To The SSR's Headquarters In London, Steve Shows Peggy The Locations Of The Hydra Bases That He Saw On Schmidt's Map While Bucky Tells Them About The Weapons Factories However, Hydra Has Shipped The Parts To His Main HQ Which Is Not On The Map...

Phillips Tells Carter To Coordinate With MI6 (Which Makes Me Wonder If Captain America And James Bond Have Ever Teamed Up) To Look For Schmidt's Main Base, While They Send Rogers To Deal With The Other Bases...

With Phillips Putting Together A Team To Help Steve, Steve Already Has People In Mind Which Leads Him To Recruit The Howling Commandos And Bucky To Help Him...

The Next Day, Steve Goes To Meet With Howard Stark, But While He Waits, He Talks With Margaery Tyrell Which Leads To Her Kissing Steve (And Who Wouldn't Want To Kiss Her) Only For Them To Be Spotted By Peggy Despite Steve Thinking That Her And Stark Had Something Going On...

When Stark Talks With Steve, He Tells Him That There's Nothing Going On Between Him And Peggy Before He Shows Steve Some New Shields Until Steve Finds A Prototype Made Out Of Vibranium...

(Imitating Black Panther) Wakanda Forever!

Which Will Work...

(End At 2:02)

Not Happy With What Is Going On With His Bases, Red Skull Tells Zola To Finish His Mission Before Captain America Does Or Else...

Attempting To Get Zola Back To His Headquarters As Quick As Possible, Zola Ends Up Boarding A Speed Train That Unfortunately Passes By Where Cap And His Crew Happen To Be...

Using A Zip Line, Cap, Bucky And The Other Howling Commandos Board The Train Only To Be Confronted By Hydra Soliders With Major Weaponry...

Major Weaponry That's Powerful Enough To Burst Open A Wall...

After Dealing With The Soldiers, Another One Enters And Blasts Bucky Out Of The Train Only To Leave Him Hanging By A Handle, Attempting To Save His Best Friend Steve Tries To Reach For Him But Unfortunately The Rail Breaks And Bucky Just Falls To His Death...

But In Good News, They Capture Arnim Zola...

Phillips Interrogates Zola Who Doesn't Say A Damn Word Until Phillips Gives Him A Letter That Shows Him That The Red Skull Has Turned On Him And Believes Zola To Be A Liability Which Leads Zola To Spill His Guts On Red Skull's Plan...

Finding Steve In A Cafe That Him And His Friends Went To Before It Was Destroyed, Peggy Finds Steve Having A Few Drinks To Try To Dull The Pain Of Losing Bucky But Like The Flash, Due To His Powers He Can't Get Drunk...

But Peggy Tells Steve That It's Not His Fault And If He Believed And Respected Bucky Then He Should Honor His Decision. Understanding That, Steve Swears To Go To Go After Schmidt And Destroy Hydra...

Steve, Peggy And The Howling Commandos Fight Hydra's Soliders Off, But Eventually Steve Catches Up With Red Skull Only To See Him Take Off In His Massive Plane, But When Phillips And Peggy Commandeer Red Skull's Car, They Attempt To Catch Up With It...

(Captain America) You Remember The Little Red Button?

(Phillips) You Don't Have To Tell Me Twice!

(Pushes Little Red Button)

Catching Up With Red Skull's Ship, Steve Kisses Peggy Goodbye, Before Hopping On Board...

As Steve Sees Missiles Targeted For Every City On The Planet, More Soliders Appear To Fight Steve, With Him Defeating Every Single One Of Them, Before Facing Off Against Red Skull...

(Start At 0:28)

With Peggy Contacting Steve On-Board The Plane, She Tries To Direct Him To A Site To Land But There's Not Enough Time And He Has No Choice But To Force The Ship Down...

Peggy Talks With Steve For As Long As Possible Till His Ship Crashes....

We Get A Montage Of What Happened After The War Including A Scene Where Howard Stark Finds The Tesseract In The Ocean And Peggy Keeping A Picture Of Steve Before Cutting To The Future! As Steve Wakes Up Years Later In A Hospital (That Looks Like It's In The Past) By A Woman (Who Is Supposedly Sharon Carter Except Instead Of Emily Van Camp It's Amanda Righetti From The O.C.) Who Is There To Tell Steve What's Going On...

However, The Game Playing On The Radio, Is A Game Steve Went To Years Ago...

(Start At 1:17)

After The Credits We Get A Sneak Peak Of The Avengers Before The Movie Ends...

And That's Captain America: The First Avenger And I Absolutely Love This Movie...

The 1940s Setting Is Fantastic, I Love The Story, I Love The Characters, I Love The Villain Despite Everyone Saying That He's Lame And Honestly I Have No Idea Why Hugo Weaving Did Not Want To Come Back For A Sequel As Red Skull Is Such A Good Character And A Great Villain In This Movie, I Love The Effects In The Movie With The Hydra Weaponry, The Costumes Are Great And It Is One Of My Favorite MCU Films And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke Saying That Next Week We're Tackling The Avengers!

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